Frank Lampard

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José Mourinho admits Frank Lampard will have to be used more sparingly

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Jose Mourinho eyes Frank Lampard as his 'new Makelele' and he will handle him with care this season

New Chelsea boss will save his 35-year-old midfielder for the big games, just as he did with Claude Makelele last time round

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jose-mourinho-sees-frank-lampard-2085288

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed Frank Lampard will be fit to resume training on Monday.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8840566/?

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When is he gonna get his testimonial?? I would love him to get one before he retires or moves frm chelsea

[Phil Driver 503]

SFL will still be invaluable to us as he was last season when his performances carried us to relative success once again ,anyone who does not think that Jose will be calling on Lampard when the going gets tough in all the big games knows nothing about Mourinho's respect for the class of Frank Lampard and the class of the player ,still one of the very best in Europe and he will prove it once again this season under Mourinho.

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Just reading some of the quotes on here from people who are eager to write off a world class midfielder in any language, they are the same people who are talking up Jon Obi Mikel . I suppose all those goals and assists dont count as stats .

There is no substitute for class chaps and luckily Jose knows that ,he was the first signing Jose made on his return

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What’s it like to face a Frank Lampard penalty?

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/whats-it-like-to-face-a-frank-lampard-penalty-chelsea-vine/

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Chelsea issue Frank Lampard fitness ultimatum on midfielder's road to Hull

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I'd rather anyone with any small injury or fatigue be rested for the Hull game. It is maybe the easiest Premier League matchup we have all season and we should be able to win the game even with a lineup that is less than our regular starting XI.

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I can't see him being first choice anyway.

I expect to see essien and MvG or rambo.

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^{i hope to see him get minutes against madrid or roma}

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Lampard will be first choice for all the big games,you do realise who the new manager of Chelsea is? and rightly so .

Jose has already said he looks at the performance and not the birth certificate,my guess is that was in reference to Lampard and he said that he has noticed no decline in Lampard's performance, but he may need more time to recover from matches at his age. And I make Mourinho dead right .

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NO LAMPARD -NO PARTY !

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Prolonging Lampard's career will be about managing and planning his involvement, Mourinho says.

"I believe he is the same player (as before), with the difference of, he is 35 and the time (needed) to recover from match to match is not the same for a man of 25 to a man of 35," Mourinho said.

"The role doesn't have to change. What has to change is the way we analyse competition. Before we didn't analyse, before it was 'every match: he plays'. Sometimes I wanted to give him a rest in a Carling Cup match and he said 'if you give me a rest the next match I will not be the same, because I have to play every three days'.

"He can't play 60 matches like he did before, but the quality of the player and what he represents for the way I like to play football is exactly the same."

Mourinho says Lampard, who was rotated under Rafael Benitez last season, accepts that he will not be selected for every match.

Mourinho added: "We have to analyse the fixtures, to analyse the matches, to analyse the week we have and to make a few choices. He's intelligent, he's open, he has a very good relationship with me.

"He knows I know how to do it with players of his age, because at the end of the day we have to be just clever, because the player is the same. Performance is how good you are, not your passport or birth certificate. It's about performance, nothing else."

Jose knows what world class is ,expect SFL to be at Chelsea next season as well as this ,all that talk of him being let go by Chelsea was madness .

We may never see his like again so appreciate it while you can .